[verisimi]

> and lost cache and everything else that http had.

A genuine loss, and also the ability to zip imagery.

[Avamander]

Was it a loss? I don't think so. It was either ineffective, stale or a massive privacy issue. We're better off with local caches.

[verisimi]

The zip images? It meant that less data was being sent. Same with the cache.

The worst of it was that internet providers wanted to tamper with data, and insert this or that advert into what they sent. The absence of that is a good thing.